You might have heard some statement or seen a quote like this.
If you can imagine it–you can do it.
Need a Career Change?
It may seem like a no-brainer, but I’ve seen it many times–people who are certain they hate their career, everything about the line of work they are in. They come to class or to coaching looking for a new passionate career. And then find out their passion leads them to the same career.
7 Things Career Changers Should Stop Telling Themselves (or Their Coaches)
Choosing a New Career–How Big a Career Change Do You Want?
Henry Ford is often quoted as having said, “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse!,” indicating that customers only know about incremental, not breakthrough solutions.
The Big Secret About Finding a Great Career
I say this is the big secret because in my dozen years teaching thousands of people about how to rethink changing or choosing their careers and work lives, I’ve found that so few people know this that it might as well be a secret. But it’s not a secret in that you should hide it—quite the opposite. In fact, I’d like you to spread the word.
The big MO and Succeeding with Your Career Ideas and Goals
There are lots of things to say about how to succeed with any long-term goals—whether starting a business, choosing careers, changing careers, changing your department’s culture, becoming a lawyer, earning a degree, or even becoming a better skier or dancer. But one thing is particularly vital, relatively easy, and certainly important to keep in mind.
More than a Network: Your Career Coaching Team
In most cases, when I hear people talk about networking they mean connecting with people who can get them to the right people, companies or information they need. That’s useful. (You might also want to check out this career ideas post about how to network at events )
Career Mentors
In the post, More than a Network: Your Career Coaching Team, I recommended you find groups of people to fill at least 5 kinds of key roles-network connectors, advisers, idea people, emotional connectors and success partners.
The Creative Jobseeker–Don’t Be a Slave to Your Job Search
If you are thinking of a new job or have new career ideas, or if your company may force you to think of a new job or career, now is certainly the time to get ready, not after you’re already out of work.
Hold True to Your Career Ideas–Beyond the Fear of Rejection
A Newsweek article recently reported on research showing how powerful rejection by a group can be. A mere 15 minute exercise leading to complete strangers apparently not including some people in a group led people to become more aggressive, less social, more likely to misinterpret neutral statements as negative, and have less self control (with chocolate chip cookies–hard to blame them).
5 Basics Tips to Prepare for Layoffs
A friend of mine just missed getting laid off as 23 of his coworkers were let go with no notice. In fact, the company had indicated it wasn’t having a tough time.
Superbowl Career Ad–Emotional Truths, But Don’t Just React to the Negative
I confess I didn’t watch most of the Superbowl ads. I did see the end of the game and all of the Boss of course. But I did look later for the career ads just to keep up my career coaching cred in some weird way.